English (Jacque Miller)Library Quick Tip #4 sent October 12: Following is an article about classic titles that are being re-created as graphic novels. http://articles.philly.com/2011-09-28/news/30213160_1_comic-books-third-coast-comics-graphic-novel-versionThe Ong Library has numerous classics in graphic novel form including:Julius Caesar (Call #: GN App)Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 (Call #: GN Ham)The Odyssey (Call #: GN Hin)Othello (Call #: GN Ike)Emma (Call #: GN Mor)Nevermore (Call #: GN Poe)Jane Eyre (Call #: GN San)Shakespeare's Hamlet (Call #: GN Sex)Steven Crane's The Red Badge of Courage (Call #: GN Van)
Look for these titles in the Graphic Novel Collection located on the main level of the library!
Fine Arts (Jane Spencer)
History (Holly Bunt)
Language (Sue Donnelly)
Mathematics (Beth Blaustein)
Sent October 31 http://plus.maths.org/content/ Plus is an internet magazine which aims to introduce readers to the beauty and the practical applications of mathematics. Plus provides feature articles, which describe applications of maths to real-world problems, games, and puzzles; reviews of popular maths books and events; a news section, showing how recent news stories were often based on some underlying piece of maths that never made it to the newspapers; a puzzle for you to sharpen your wits against; a lucky dip of mathematical curiosities; and opinions on various maths-related topics and news stories. We have a regular interview with someone in a maths-related career, showing the wide range of uses maths gets put to in the real world. And all past issues remain available online, which besides making for good browsing is, we hope, a useful resource for maths school students and teachers.
Science (Beth Blaustein)
Sent October 31 http://www.biodigitalhuman.com/default.html
The BioDigital Human is a 3D platform that simplifies the understanding of anatomy, disease and treatments.
Senior Seminar (Jacque Miller)Library Quick Tip #4 sent October 12: As the discussion of cyberbullying continues on the WRA campus, I thought you might be interesting in the statistics from a recent research study conducted by MTV and the Associated Press.
While it is discouraging that cyberbullying appears to be increasing, the good news is that more people are willing to intervene to try to stop it when it occurs.
Following is an article about classic titles that are being re-created as graphic novels.
http://articles.philly.com/2011-09-28/news/30213160_1_comic-books-third-coast-comics-graphic-novel-version The Ong Library has numerous classics in graphic novel form including:Julius Caesar (Call #: GN App)Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 (Call #: GN Ham)The Odyssey (Call #: GN Hin)Othello (Call #: GN Ike)Emma (Call #: GN Mor)Nevermore (Call #: GN Poe)Jane Eyre (Call #: GN San)Shakespeare's Hamlet (Call #: GN Sex)Steven Crane's The Red Badge of Courage (Call #: GN Van)
Look for these titles in the Graphic Novel Collection located on the main level of the library!
Fine Arts (Jane Spencer)
History (Holly Bunt)
Language (Sue Donnelly)
Mathematics (Beth Blaustein)
Sent October 31
http://plus.maths.org/content/
Plus is an internet magazine which aims to introduce readers to the beauty and the practical applications of mathematics.
Plus provides feature articles, which describe applications of maths to real-world problems, games, and puzzles; reviews of popular maths books and events; a news section, showing how recent news stories were often based on some underlying piece of maths that never made it to the newspapers; a puzzle for you to sharpen your wits against; a lucky dip of mathematical curiosities; and opinions on various maths-related topics and news stories. We have a regular interview with someone in a maths-related career, showing the wide range of uses maths gets put to in the real world. And all past issues remain available online, which besides making for good browsing is, we hope, a useful resource for maths school students and teachers.
Science (Beth Blaustein)
Sent October 31
http://www.biodigitalhuman.com/default.html
The BioDigital Human is a 3D platform that simplifies the understanding of anatomy, disease and treatments.
Senior Seminar (Jacque Miller)Library Quick Tip #4 sent October 12:
As the discussion of cyberbullying continues on the WRA campus, I thought you might be interesting in the statistics from a recent research study conducted by MTV and the Associated Press.
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mtv-the-associated-press-study-reveals-pervasiveness-of-cyberbullying-digital-discrimination-and-sexting-2011-09-27?reflink=MW_news_stmp
While it is discouraging that cyberbullying appears to be increasing, the good news is that more people are willing to intervene to try to stop it when it occurs.
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